FUNCTION: The purpose of Student Athletes and Activities Committee is to maintain a formal communication channel between the faculty and student athletes and to advise the president on matters pertaining to student athletes.
COMPOSITION: Three (3) members elected at large from and by the voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms. Two (2) faculty members shall be appointed for one (1) year terms by the president from among the faculty currently serving on the Intercollegiate Athletics Council. Two (2) student athlete members, one (1) each from men’s and women's athletics, will be appointed by the president from a list submitted by the Student Athletes Advisory Council. In addition, every year the chair of the Faculty Council shall appoint two (2) voting faculty members of the Faculty Council for one (1) year terms. The faculty athletics representative (FAR) shall serve on the committee in an advisory capacity. Each fall, the committee shall elect a chair elect who shall be a voting faculty member of the committee, though, if that proves impossible, it shall elect a vice chair as an interim measure, while continuing to seek a chair elect. Each committee shall make an annual report on its work, in writing, to the General Faculty and Faculty Council. The faculty-appointed representative to the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) will serve as an ex-officio member.
(Est. 2015 D 12174-12177)
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Member E-mail Address Book (comma delimited)
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Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics - http://www.thecoia.org/
Initial Meeting
Monday, September 21, 2020
10:00 AM
Via Zoom
2020-2021 Membership
2020-21 Committee Chair
Tolga Ozyurtcu, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Kinesiology and Health Education
Email: tolga@austin.utexas.edu
Vice Chair and/or Chair Elect
To be determined
Email:
2018-2021
Tracie C. Harrison, Professor, Nursing
2019-2022
Eric Tang, Associate Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies
2020-2023
Ariel E Dulitzky, Clinical Professor, Law
2020-2021 Faculty Council Representatives
Cynthia A. McCreery, Associate Professor, Radio-Television-Film
Sarah K. Sloan, Clinical Associate Professor, Social Work
2020-2021 Intercollegiate Athletics Council Faculty Reps
Mechele Dickerson, Professor, Law
Terrance L. Green, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy
Student Members
2020-2021
Jonathan Jones, Student Athlete (Men’s Track/Field)
Mary Katherine Tedder, Student Athlete (Softball)
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2020-2021
Michael B. Clement, Professor, Accounting, Faculty Athletic Representative
Darren Kelly, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Kinesiology and Health Education, Faculty Representative on the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA)
Stephen H. Marshall, Associate Professor, American Studies, COIA Representative